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The view from the bench and chambers : examining judicial process and decision making on the U.S. Courts of Appeals / Jennifer Barnes Bowie, Donald R. Songer, and John Szmer.

Author/creator Bowie, Jennifer Barnes
Other author/creatorSonger, Donald R.
Other author/creatorSzmer, John J., 1970-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoCharlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2014.
Descriptionx, 284 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Series Constitutionalism and democracy
Contents Introduction : the courts of appeals in the U.S. legal system -- The judges and cases -- The preliminaries : setting the agenda, oral argument, and assigning the opinion of the court -- Decision making and writing the opinion of the court -- Separate opinion writing on the courts of appeals -- Explaining attitudinal and legal influences on decisions -- Strategic accounts of decision making -- The congruence of social science and the perceptions of the judges.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 261-274) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2014007111
ISBN9780813935997 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0813935997 (cloth : alk. paper)

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